8.3% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Australia - Outback · Region (SA4)
Language in South Australia - Outback
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way of communicating for the vast majority of people across the South Australia - Outback. Only 8.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the region one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used alone in 83.1% of homes, while other languages like Punjabi and Tagalog are spoken by very small numbers. Only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.7% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in South Australia - Outback [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/406/south-australia-outback/topic/language